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<blockquote><i>Why not apply the same principle to %_?</i></blockquote>
<p>Because <c>$_</c> costs (almost) nothing to provide; so people not using it do not pay a penalty for those that do.
<p>Setting up a hash from an arbitrary list of value would require substantial extra validation to see if doing so made any sense -- are there an even number; does the first of each pair make sense as a key etc. -- then building the hash and aliasing the hash values to the input arguments etc.
<p>That is a substantial penalty for everyone who doesn't used that hash to pay, for the convenience of the few that would.
<P>If you want that facility, do it yourself, cos I have no use for it and I don't want to pay the penalty.
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